MIDIPLAY(1) | General Commands Manual | MIDIPLAY(1) |
midiplay
— play
MIDI and RMID files
midiplay |
[-lmqsvx ] [-d
devno] [-f
file] [-p
pgm] [-t
tempo] [file ...] |
The midiplay
command plays MIDI and RMID
files using the sequencer device. If no file name is given it will play from
standard input, otherwise it will play the named files.
RMID files are Standard MIDI Files embedded in a RIFF container
and can usually be found with the ‘rmi’ extension. They
contain some additional information in other chunks which are not parsed by
midiplay
yet.
The program accepts the following options:
-d
devno-l
flag). There is no way at present to have
midiplay
map playback to more than one device. The
default is device is given by environment variable
MIDIUNIT
.-f
file-l
-m
-p
pgmmidiplay
selectively map channels or
instruments.-q
-s
-t
tempo-adjust-v
-x
A file containing no tempo indication will be played as if it specified 150 beats per minute. You have been warned.
MIDIUNIT
The midiplay
command first appeared in
NetBSD 1.4.
It may take a long while before playing stops when
midiplay
is interrupted, as the data already
buffered in the sequencer will contain timing events. Use
midiplay
with the -s
option
to silence any sounds left after an interrupted call.
May 2, 2018 | NetBSD 10.99 |